NVIDIA released on 15th of December 2008 a new VDPAU (PureVideo for Linux) capable Beta Driver.
I wrote in the test of 180.11 driver, that only OpenGL3.0 was added to the new driver. That was obviously wrong, because the ‘.02’ seems to accomplish this task. Continue reading “NVIDIA VDPAU 180.11.02 adds OpenGL3.0 support”
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NVIDIA VDPAU 180.11 test against .mts (AVCHD) and .mkv (Matroska/h264) playback
[UPDATE] Read here about the latest development of NVIDIA’s vdpau video output driver: Tag: vdpau
NVIDIA’s hardware acceleration for HD (H264) content is now reality since they published their first beta driver, the 180.06 on the 14th of November 2008. I’ve tested these new Beta driver here, and found a few bugs. I skipped the test of the driver 180.08 published 4 days later, but tested the 180.11 version from 2nd December, But before you continue: none of my found bugs were fixed. Only the OpenGL3.0 and other stuff I don’t need atm found their way into the new driver. The list below is short summary of the bugs I’ve found in the last 180.06 driver. All bugs are also present in the new one 180.11 driver. I won’t publish a new test if a new driver will be released, but simple update this section, and will add update comments to it: Continue reading “NVIDIA VDPAU 180.11 test against .mts (AVCHD) and .mkv (Matroska/h264) playback”
Tearing with nVidia drivers and mplayer with "-vo xv"
Well, let’s start with the conclusion: setting XV_SYNC_TO_VBLANK has no effect, if a second monitor is attached.
But let’s start at the very beginning: What is tearing? Well, this is how Wikipedia defines it:
Screen tearing is a phenomenon in video where a previously rendered frame overlaps a newly rendered frame, creating a torn look as two parts of an object (such as a wall) don’t line up…
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